Effects of climate and land-use changes on fish catches across lakes at a global scale.

Globally, our knowledge on lake fisheries is still limited despite their importance to food security and livelihoods. Here we show that fish catches can respond either positively or negatively to climate and land-use changes, by analyzing time-series data (1970-2014) for 31 lakes across five continents. We find that effects of a climate or land-use driver (e.g., air temperature) on lake environment could be relatively consistent in directions, but consequential changes in a lake-environmental factor (e.g., water temperature) could result in either increases or decreases in fish catch in a given lake. A subsequent correlation analysis indicates that reductions in fish catch was less likely to occur in response to potential climate and land-use changes if a lake is located in a region with greater access to clean water. This finding suggests that adequate investments for water-quality protection and water-use efficiency can provide additional benefits to lake fisheries and food security.

Hydrocarbon products and their derivatives in fish of the Pechora River, North-Eastern European Russia.

Analysis of one of the major surface oil spill consequences, which took place in 1994 on the territory of the Pechora River (Russia) catchment area, was carried out. Data on hydrocarbon products and their derivatives concentrations in muscle and liver tissues of several fish species living in the Pechora's Delta and the river tributaries were obtained. Comparative analysis of OCCs, PCBs and PAHs concentrations in 1997 and 2008 showed that levels of all examined pollutants in fish tissues are very low. At the same time, in 2008 OCCs and PCBs concentrations in fish were lower compared to 1997, except for PAHs concentrations in Pechora Delta whitefish, which demonstrate the opposite tendency in relation to two compounds for the last 11 years.